Mixed Sweet Blend Analysis - CrudeMonitor. caMixed Sweet Blend (MSW) is the benchmark conventionally produced light sweet crude for western Canada It is often referenced on crude price reports as Edmonton Par Crude It is a fully blended aggregate of many feeder streams and only begins its existence in blend tanks in Edmonton, Alberta

Crude oil prices under $71 - UPI. comIn New York, June delivery crude oil slipped from a prior settlement to $70 70, off 91 cents the national average price for unleaded gasoline dropped to $2 867 per gallon from Sunday's $2 872

Money illusion and “real backwardation” in oilFor inflation of more than 2 percent, averaged over five years, the market is offering investors the opportunity to buy forward crude futures for less than today’s spot oil price, in real terms There are three possible explanations for this strange state of affairs:

The Price of Oil | The Erie WireThe Price of Oil May 17, 2010 “Oil has a price,” he added, “but water, life and a clean environment are worth much more ” a professor of law and policy at the City University of New York and the author of “Amazon Crude,” a book about oil development in Ecuador “No one is accepting responsibility,” Kimerling